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Playa de San Juan makes it possible to eat near the sea without reducing the plan to a beach bar. The area mixes beach restaurants, informal food, bars, Italian cooking, Japanese cooking, grills and cocktails. It is a wide, easy-going strip used by both residents and visitors, where the moment matters almost as much as the table: long lunch, walk, rice, drinks or summer dinner.
For eating in Playa de San Juan, this selection brings together restaurants, bars and cocktail spots near the sea with different profiles: informal food, rice, grill, Japanese and Italian cooking, and plans for extending the day without leaving the beach area.
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Contemporary bistro in Playa de San Juan, with seasonal produce-driven cooking, rice dishes, a wine cellar, cocktails and sharing plates. Barrazero combines an elegant table without rigidity and a concept built around eating, drinking and lingering.
Cocktail Bar · Contemporary · Mediterranean
Calle Maestro José Garberí Serrano 2, 03540 Alicante
Armenian BBQ on Playa de San Juan. Grilled shawarmas, award-winning aged beef cecina croquette and a charcoal kitchen with a distinct cultural identity.
Grill
Av. Santander, 17, 03540 Alicante
High-end Japanese restaurant in Playa de San Juan, led by sushiman Masayuki Narumi. Daikichi Beach delivers a tasting menu, kaiseki-inspired cooking, precision sushi and Mediterranean produce handled with Japanese technique.
Seafood · Fine Dining · Japanese
Maestro José Garberí Serrano, 5 fase 4, 03540 Alicante
Family-run Italian restaurant in Torre Golf, Alicante. A mother and two brothers behind the menu: artisan pinsa, pasta and honest Italian home cooking.
Italian
Av. de Ansaldo, 6, 03540 Alicante
100% gluten-free Italian restaurant in Alicante and San Juan Beach. Nonna Celia serves fresh pasta, artisan pizzas, focaccias, lasagnes and homemade desserts — a menu built so that eating without gluten feels like a choice, not a compromise.
Italian
Calle Licia Calderón con Historiador Vicente Ramos, 9, 03540 Alicante
Beachfront dining in San Juan with a long-afternoon vocation. Mediterranean cuisine, cocktails and an atmosphere that blends restaurant and elevated beach bar.
Seafood · Mediterranean
Avenida de Niza, 5, San Juan Playa, Alicante
